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62 Year Old Paula Talks About Her Experience Surfing into her 60s

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Paula Bushardt is a retired engineer living in Florida who has joined us on several SWA retreats. She offered up this review of her experiences:

First Retreat in El Salvador

My first visit to Surf with Amigas was in 2012 in El Salvador at Las Flores.  A dear friend called me up and said she wanted to go on a surf trip to celebrate her 40th birthday.  I told her I was in as long as it was all-inclusive.  I had been working many hours and was exhausted from life’s burdens and didn’t want to have to think for a week.  The goal was to ride epic waves, get warm and go brain dead.

Here’s the highlight video from Paula’s first retreat with us, back when SWA was called “Suave Dulce!” Check out Paula’s wave at 2:13 of the video!

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Election Week Retreats

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Email us today at [email protected] to reserve your spot!

If you haven’t seen this yet, you may enjoy our very own instructor, Emily, impersonating Donald Trump.

Surf With Amigas is a nonpartisan organization. If you wish to vote, but also wish come on the retreat, check out info about absentee ballots here: https://www.vote.org/absentee-ballot/ .

It’s easy to get your vote in beforehand, and still be able to do this on November 8…

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Photos by Abbey Moore (www.abbeymoore.net)

 

 

 

Interview Series – Kira Achieved Her Goals

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Kira Harrison is from Seattle, Washington and came on a retreat with zero prior surfing experience. She picked it up super fast and achieved her goal of turning and riding along the wave. Here’s what she had to say about the experience at Surf With Amigas Surf Yoga Adventure Retreat in Nicaragua.

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Mid June in Nicaragua

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Super fun waves, a handful of new surfers, a dozen new friends, some horseback riding, and plenty of cute ones! This is what a Surf With Amigas Surf Yoga Adventure Retreat looks like in Northern Nicaragua in mid June.

Update on the Waves of Hope High School Project

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Surf With Amigas is partnered with the non-profit Waves Of Hope on a variety of projects including the endeavor to build the first high school in the area. Check out a video by Surf For Life from a recent trip with a group of volunteers. Come down and help us out! During the 2013 season, each retreat will involve the option to spend an a few hours helping out with this project.

For more info:
Waves-of-hope.org